NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
( DENENDEH )

Fort Anderson | Aklavik Post | Baillie Island Post | Fort Brabant | Fort Charles | Chiswick House
Fort Collinson | Fort of the Forks | Fort Franklin | Fort Good Hope | Hay River Post | Kittigazuit Post
Letty Harbour Post | Fort Liard | Fort McPherson | Fort Norman | Peel River Post | Fort Providence
Fort Rae | Fort Reliance | Fort Resolution | Fort Simpson | Fort Smith | Fort Wrigley

NOTE: Established in 1820, administered by the Hudson's Bay Company until 1869 as part of Prince Rupert's Land (granted in 1670).

Fort Smith
(unknown dates), Fort Smith
A Hudson's Bay Co. post on the Alberta border. Located adjacent to Wood Buffalo National Park.

Fort Reliance
(1855), Reliance
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Chiswick House
(1803 - 1806), near Fort Resolution
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Resolution
(1818 - 1926), Fort Resolution
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Hay River Post
(1868 - 1878), Hay River
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Providence
(1871 - 1907), Fort Providence
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Rae
(1853 - 1925), Rae
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Liard
(1807 - 1903), Fort Liard
A North West Co. post near the BC border. It was turned over to the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1821.

Fort Simpson
(1804 - 1948), Fort Simpson
A Hudson's Bay Co. post (HBC records begin in 1818). Originally called Fort of the Forks. It was given its current name in the 1820's or 1830's. This is the oldest continuously occupied post on the Mackenzie River. Another website.

Fort Wrigley
(1890 - 1910), Wrigley
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Norman
(1810 - 1911), Tulita
First a North West Co. post, then a Hudson's Bay Co. post begining in 1822. The village of Tulita was previously called Fort Norman.

Fort Franklin
(unknown dates), Deline

Fort Good Hope
(unknown dates), Fort Good Hope
A Hudson's Bay Co. post, also known as Fort Charles.

Fort McPherson
(1840 - 1940), Fort McPherson
A Hudson's Bay Co. post, also known as Peel River Post. The "Lost Patrol" was found frozen to death near here in 1911.

Aklavik Post
(1929 - 1935), Aklavik
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Kittigazuit Post
(1925 - 1926), near Tuktoyaktuk
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Baillie Island Post
(1926 - 1935), Baillie Island
A Hudson's Bay Co. post on a small island in the Arctic Ocean.

Letty Harbour Post
(1932 - 1935), near Paulatuk
A Hudson's Bay Co. post.

Fort Anderson
(1861 - 1862),
A Hudson's Bay Co. post located on the Anderson River north of Fort Good Hope.

Fort Brabant
(1927 - 1929), Victoria Island
A Hudson's Bay Co. post located at the head of Prince Albert Sound near the Nunavut border.

Fort Collinson
(1928 - 1935), Victoria Island
A Hudson's Bay Co. post located near the western tip of the island at the confluence of the Prince of Wales Straight and Minto Inlet.